Family 1 carbohydrate binding-modules enhance saccharification rates.

abstract：:Thermomonospora curvata is a thermophilic actinomycete phylogenetically related to Thermobifida fusca that produces extracellular hydrolases capable of degrading synthetic polyesters. Analysis of the genome of T. curvata DSM43183 revealed two genes coding for putative polyester hydrolases Tcur1278 and Tcur0390 sharing...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Wei R,Oeser T,Then J,Kühn N,Barth M,Schmidt J,Zimmermann W

更新日期：2014-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：: In this study manganese peroxidase (MnP) enzymes from selected white-rot fungi were isolated and compared for potential future recombinant production. White-rot fungi were cultivated in small-scale in liquid media and a simplified process was established for the purification of extracellular enzymes.Five lignin degra...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Järvinen J,Taskila S,Isomäki R,Ojamo H

更新日期：2012-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The strain Y1, with a notably high production of neutral protease, was isolated from naturally fermented broad beans and subsequently identified as Aspergillus oryzae, through the analysis of its morphology characteristics and 18S rDNA sequence. Naturally fermented broad beans are the main raw material in Sichuan broa...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Ao XL,Yu X,Wu DT,Li C,Zhang T,Liu SL,Chen SJ,He L,Zhou K,Zou LK

更新日期：2018-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：: Biocathode MFCs using microorganisms as catalysts have important advantages in lowering cost and improving sustainability. Electrode materials and microbial synergy determines biocathode MFCs performance. In this study, four materials, granular activated carbon (GAC), granular semicoke (GS), granular graphite (GG) an...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Sun Y,Wei J,Liang P,Huang X

更新日期：2012-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：: Vinasse, a highly polluting waste of the ethanol industry was utilized for the production of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) by the extremely halophilic archaeon, Haloferax mediterranei in shake-flasks. Following pre-treatment through adsorption on activated carbon, 25%-50% (v/v) pre-treated vinasse was utilized leading t...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Bhattacharyya A,Pramanik A,Maji SK,Haldar S,Mukhopadhyay UK,Mukherjee J

更新日期：2012-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article (Wang et al. 2018) because the authors do not have ownership of the data they report. An investigation by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has concluded that the data reported in this article are the sole property of the CSIRO. Ming...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Wang D,Liu Y,Lv D,Hu X,Zhong Q,Zhao Y,Wu M

更新日期：2019-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we report a novel protein elicitor from Bacillus subtilis BU412 which could cause hypersensitive response (HR) and systemic acquired resistance (SAR) in tobacco. The purification was executed by ion-exchange and size exclusion chromatography. The target band on SDS-PAGE was analyzed by mass spectrometry, and the...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Shen Y,Li J,Xiang J,Wang J,Yin K,Liu Q

更新日期：2019-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Wolves (Canis lupus) and their domesticated and close relatives, dogs (Canis lupus familiaris), have great differences in their diets and living environments. To the best of our knowledge, the fundamental question of how the abundance and function of the gut microbiota of domestic dogs evolved to adapt to the changes ...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Lyu T,Liu G,Zhang H,Wang L,Zhou S,Dou H,Pang B,Sha W,Zhang H

更新日期：2018-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Nigella A, also named Sieboldianoside A, has been extracted from many kinds of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), such as Nigella glandulifera, Stauntonia chinensis DC., and the leaves of Acanthopanax sieboldianus. Nigella A exhibited potential analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, and antioxidant activities. How...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Hu X,Xu N,Yang X,Hu X,Zheng Y,Zhang Q

更新日期：2020-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel strain of Pseudomonas putida LS46 was isolated from wastewater on the basis of its ability to synthesize medium chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates (mcl-PHAs). P.putida LS46 was differentiated from other P.putida strains on the basis of cpn60 (UT). The complete genome of P.putida LS46 was sequenced and annotate...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Sharma PK,Fu J,Zhang X,Fristensky B,Sparling R,Levin DB

更新日期：2014-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactobacilli, as the largest group of lactic acid bacteria, produce large amounts of antimicrobial metabolites such as organic acids, fatty acids, ammonia, hydrogen peroxide, diacetyl and bacteriocin, which inhibit the growth of pathogenic bacteria and increase shelf life of food. The aim of this study was to identify...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Azizi F,Habibi Najafi MB,Edalatian Dovom MR

更新日期：2017-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, a methanogenic alkane-degrading (a mixture of C9 to C12n-alkanes) culture enriched from production water of a low-temperature oil reservoir was established and assessed. Significant methane production was detected in the alkane-amended enrichment cultures compared with alkane-free controls over a...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Ji JH,Zhou L,Mbadinga SM,Irfan M,Liu YF,Pan P,Qi ZZ,Chen J,Liu JF,Yang SZ,Gu JD,Mu BZ

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycolata form a group of Gram-positive bacteria with unique cell envelope structures that are known for their high tolerance against antibiotics and both aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons. An important part of the unique surface structure of the mycolata is the presence of long chain α-alkyl-β-hydroxy fatty acids, t...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： de Carvalho CCCR,Fischer MA,Kirsten S,Würz B,Wick LY,Heipieper HJ

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly-gamma-glutamic acid (PGA) is a promising bio-based polymer that shares many functions with poly (acrylic acid) and its derivatives. Thus, technologies for efficient production and molecular size control of PGA are required to expand the application of this useful biopolymer. In Bacillus strains, PGA is synthesize...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Sawada K,Araki H,Takimura Y,Masuda K,Kageyama Y,Ozaki K,Hagihara H

更新日期：2018-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Other than the needs for infection control to investigate the survival and inactivation of airborne bacterial pathogens, there has been a growing interest in exploring bacterial communities in the air and the effect of environmental variables on them. However, the innate biological mechanism influencing the bacterial ...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Ng TW,Chan WL,Lai KM

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) enriched in brain can yield many important degradation products after the attack of hydroxyl radicals, which is known to serve as a nutraceutical and neuroprotective effects. Oxidative stress is a commonly observed feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Therefore, uniformly radiolabeled DHA pl...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Song P,Kuryatov A,Axelsen PH

更新日期：2020-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：: Biosurfactants are amphiphilic molecules that have both hydrophilic and hydrophobic moieties which partition preferentially at the interfaces such as liquid/liquid, gas/liquid or solid/liquid interfaces. Such characteristics enable emulsifying, foaming, detergency and dispersing properties. Their low toxicity and env...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Makkar RS,Cameotra SS,Banat IM

更新日期：2011-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Pectin is a structural heteropolysaccharide of the primary cell walls of plants and as such is a significant fraction of agricultural waste residues that is currently insufficiently used. Its main component, D-galacturonic acid, is an attractive substrate for bioconversion. The complete metabolic pathway is present in...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Sloothaak J,Schilders M,Schaap PJ,de Graaff LH

更新日期：2014-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:With the aim to develop biocatalysts for enhanced hydrolysis of (hemi)cellulose into monosaccharides, random diversity by directed evolution was introduced in the gene coding for the endo-β-1,4-glucanase from Streptomyces sp. G12 which had been recombinantly expressed in Escherichia coli and named rCelStrep. The main ...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Cecchini DA,Pepe O,Pennacchio A,Fagnano M,Faraco V

更新日期：2018-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of recombinant biopharmaceutical proteins is a multi-billion dollar market. Protein recovery represents a major part of the production costs. Pichia pastoris is one of the microbial systems most used for the production of heterologous proteins. The use of a cold-induced promoter to express lytic enzymes...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Bartolo-Aguilar Y,Dendooven L,Chávez-Cabrera C,Flores-Cotera LB,Hidalgo-Lara ME,Villa-Tanaca L,Marsch R

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery and creation of biocatalysts for plant biomass conversion are essential for industrial demand and scientific research of the plant cell wall. α-1,2 and α-1,3-L-arabinofuranosidases are debranching enzymes that catalyzing hydrolytic release of α-L-arabinofuranosyl residues in plant cell wall. Gene databas...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Hu Y,Yan X,Zhang H,Liu J,Luo F,Cui Y,Wang W,Zhou Y

更新日期：2018-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：: In this study, we used the yeast carotenogenic producer Pichia pastoris Pp-EBIL strain, which has been metabolically engineered, by heterologously expressing β-carotene-pathway enzymes to produce β-carotene, as a vessel for recombinant astaxanthin expression. For this purpose, we designed new P. pastoris recombinant-...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Araya-Garay JM,Ageitos JM,Vallejo JA,Veiga-Crespo P,Sánchez-Pérez A,Villa TG

更新日期：2012-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of antibiotic resistance has necessitated new therapeutic approaches to combat recalcitrant bacterial infections. Persister cells, often found in biofilms, are metabolically dormant, and thus, are highly tolerant to all traditional antibiotics and represent a major drug resistance mechanism. In the prese...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Lee JH,Kim YG,Gwon G,Wood TK,Lee J

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monascus pigments (MPs) with different color characteristics, produced by submerged fermentation of Monascus purpureus M9, have potential application in food industry. In the present study, the effects and regulatory mechanisms of ammonium nitrate (AN) on the color characteristics of MPs were investigated. The concent...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Chen D,Wang Y,Chen M,Fan P,Li G,Wang C

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Chloroplast transformation in the photosynthetic alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has been used to explore the potential to use it as an inexpensive and easily scalable system for the production of therapeutic recombinant proteins. Diverse proteins, such as bacterial and viral antigens, antibodies and, immunotoxins have...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Almaraz-Delgado AL,Flores-Uribe J,Pérez-España VH,Salgado-Manjarrez E,Badillo-Corona JA

更新日期：2014-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：: The nutrition-versatility of Burkholderia sp. strain USM (JCM 15050) has initiated the studies on the use of this bacterium for polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production. To date, the Burkholderia sp. has been reported to synthesize 3-hydroxybutyrate, 3-hydroxyvalerate and 3-hydroxy-4-methylvalerate monomers. In this stu...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Lau NS,Sudesh K

更新日期：2012-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological synthesis of metal nanoparticles using plant extracts with defined size and morphology is a simple, nontoxic and environmentally friendly method. The present study focused on the synthesis of silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) by Artemisia annua L. extract as reducing and stabilising agent. The Ag NPs functi...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Aghajanyan A,Gabrielyan L,Schubert R,Trchounian A

更新日期：2020-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The maturation and development of T cells were not completed until T cells were selected in thymus. It was not until the early 1960s that j.f.a.p. discovered the importance of thymus in T cell development. Twelve healthy piglets were randomly divided into two groups, the experimental group (LGG group) and the control ...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Shonyela SM,Feng B,Yang W,Yang G,Wang C

更新日期：2020-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:An exhaustive screening program was applied for scoring a promising L-asparaginase producing-isolate. The recovered isolate was identified biochemically and molecularly and its L-asparaginase productivity was optimized experimentally and by Response Surface Methodology. The produced enzyme was characterized experiment...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Abdelrazek NA,Elkhatib WF,Raafat MM,Aboulwafa MM

更新日期：2020-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant antibodies are used with great success in many different diagnostic and therapeutic applications. A variety of protein expression systems are available, but nowadays almost all therapeutic antibodies are produced in mammalian cell lines due to their complex structure and glycosylation requirements. However...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Blanco-Toribio A,Álvarez-Cienfuegos A,Sainz-Pastor N,Merino N,Compte M,Sanz L,Blanco FJ,Álvarez-Vallina L

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00